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US 9,448,542 B2Granted
Electronic timepiece
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKatsuyuki Honda
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Abstract
An electronic timepiece includes a reception device that receives a satellite signal, a reception control section that activates the reception device to carry out a reception process, a chronograph section that measures time, an input device, and an action control section when detecting time measurement input operation performed on the input device for activating the chronograph section during the reception process carried out by the reception control section, terminates the action of the reception control section, and activates the chronograph section.
Claims15
An electronic timepiece comprising:
- a reception device that receives a satellite signal;
- an automatic reception control section that is configured to automatically activate the reception device to carry out a reception process;
- a time measurement section that measures time;
- an input device;
- an action control section that, when detecting time measurement input operation performed on the input device for activating the time measurement section during the reception process carried out by the automatic reception control section, terminates the action of the automatic reception control section, and activates the time measurement section;
- and
- a manual reception control section that activates the reception device to carry out the reception process in accordance with input operation performed on the input device,
- wherein the action control section, even when detecting the time measurement input operation during the reception process carried out by the manual reception control section, allows the action of the manual reception control section to continue without activating the time measurement section.
5 more elements
An electronic timepiece comprising:
- a reception device that receives a satellite signal;
- a reception control section configured to activate the reception device to carry out a reception process;
- a time measurement section that measures time;
- an input device;
- and
- an action control section, when detecting the time measurement input operation during the reception process carried out by the reception control section, activates the time measurement section after causing the reception control section to initiate a reception termination process of terminating the reception process and before the reception termination process is completed.
3 more elements
An electronic timepiece comprising:
- a reception device that receives a satellite signal;
- an automatic reception control section that is configured to automatically activate the reception device to carry out a reception process;
- a time measurement section that measures time;
- an input device;
- and
- an action control section that, when detecting time measurement input operation performed on the input device for activating the time measurement section during the reception process carried out by the automatic reception control section, terminates the action of the automatic reception control section, and activates the time measurement section,
- wherein the automatic reception control section is activated when automatic reception timing is reached,
- the automatic reception timing is set at predetermined intervals, and
- the action control section, when detecting the time measurement input operation during the reception process carried out by the automatic reception control section after the automatic reception timing is reached, terminates the action of the automatic reception control section and sets the following automatic reception timing in such a way that the automatic reception is performed after a period shorter than the predetermined interval.
6 more elements
An electronic timepiece comprising:
- a reception device that receives a satellite signal;
- a reception control section that is configured to activate the reception device to carry out a reception process;
- a time measurement section that measures time;
- an input device;
- an action control section that, when detecting time measurement input operation performed on the input device for activating the time measurement section during the reception process carried out by the reception control section, terminates the action of the reception control section, and activates the time measurement section;
- and
- a predetermined function section that performs a predetermined function in accordance with input operation performed on the input device,
- wherein the action control section, even when detecting the time measurement input operation during the action of the predetermined function section, allows the action of the predetermined function section to continue without activating the time measurement section, and
- the predetermined function section terminates the action thereof in response to input operation performed on the input device for terminating the action of the predetermined function section.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.